Kestrel Literature
It has been part of the fun here to create literature that helps our customers get the best out of our tools and that fills in some of the information gaps in Northwest coast subjects.
| Ultimate Package | The DVD and full Literature package. Postpaid to US and Canada. Save $8.00 off these items separately! | $30.00 |
| Literature Package | One of all the printed literature. Such a deal! | $15.00 |
| Cruddy Work, or How to Apply a Patina to Your Carving — New! | This is a 3 page illustrated work in progress on “finishing” your art works. | $2.00 |
| An Abbreviated History of Northwest Coast Native Culture and Woodworking Tools — New! | Three-plus pages of text that will help give you quick background on these NWC topics. A work in progress. | $2.00 |
| Adze and Ends — Updated! | This sheet contains four pages of newly revised information. Illustrated with photos of scantily clad maidens (just kidding, only adze photos). Free with your adze or adze iron order or available separately. | $1.00 |
| Shaping a Northwest Coast Elbow Adze Haft | A sheet of photographs for shaping your adze haft. Free with adze kits and/or adze irons or available separately. | $0.50 |
| How to Make a Northwest Coast Elbow Adze & How to Make a Northwest Coast Elbow Adze from Solid Stock | Two sheets, each 11" x 17" with template drawings and the geometric principals explained. These sheets are for haft making using our irons. There is no analysis of adze iron geometry; you will have to wait until the book comes out for that. Both sheets come free with an adze iron or adze kit. | $4.00 |
| Care and Use of the Kestrel Crooked Knife | Information on sharpening bevel-edged tools. Free with purchase of crooked knives and blades or available separately. | $0.50 |
| Crooked Knife Haft Templates and Assembly Instructions | Free with blade purchase or available separately. | $0.50 |
| Kestrel Straight Knife Assembly | Template drawings and tool-making hints. Free with purchase of straight knife blade or available separately. | $0.50 |
| Heat Treating Instructions for Kestrel Tool Steel | Four pages, includes Making Micro Carving Tools. Free with purchase of raw steel. The best instructions for carbon tool steels and O-1 tool steels I know of. Follow the instructions closely for the best results. | $1.00 |
| Making a Northwest Coast Ladle | Legal-sized sheet both sides. Comes with crooked knife or blade purchase, or request one free with your order. | $0.50 |
| Carving Green wood and Curing Green wood Carvings | Three-plus pages of info on working with green wood. The Northwest Coast carver carves most everything from green wood, and it must be handled correctly to avoid destructive checking and warping; if you are new to the art you need this information. . | $1.00 |
| Three Classic Canoe Form Bowls | Three sheets 11″ x 17″ on northern canoe form bowls. | $5.00 |
| Bent-Corner Box Making & Making a Dome Top Bent-Corner Chest | Includes information on knife-cut corners, bulging sided box layout, steaming the kerfs and more. The Dome Top sheet is the little chest from the Fine Woodworking article #96, October 1992, with more complete instructions. Four pages, 11″ x 17″ | $4.00 |
| Photographing Northwest Coast Art | ...And most other art as well. Updated 4-plus pages. Do a good job of documenting your artwork — you'll be glad you did. | $1.00 |